Jonah 4:1

“But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.”

"But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry." - Jonah 4:1
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What does Jonah 4:1 mean?

The verse Jonah 4:1 from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible states, "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry." This verse comes at the end of the book of Jonah, which tells the story of the prophet Jonah's mission to the city of Nineveh and his…

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The Struggle of the Heart: Understanding Jonah’s Anger

In the Book of Jonah, we encounter a prophet caught in an intense emotional struggle after delivering God’s message to the city of Nineveh. Our focus today is on Jonah 4:1 from the King James Version: "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry." This moment in…

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A Prayer for Understanding and Compassion

O Lord God Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, I come before You today with a heavy heart, echoing the scriptures in Jonah 4:1, which tell us, "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry." Lord, I recognize that we are often like Jonah, filled with our own…

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Jonah 4:1 - "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry."
JONAH 4, NINEVAH REPENTING, JONAH BITTER
Jonah 1:4-5 ancient sail ship appropriate for time of Jonah, in the mids of a great tempest, dark waters, big waves, strong winds
Jonah 1:4 - "¶ But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken."
Jonah 1:1 - "Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,"
Jonah 4:6 - "And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd."
Jonah 1:17 – "But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights."
Jonah 4:4 - "¶ Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?"
Jonah 3:4 - "And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Jonah walking through the ancient city of Nineveh, preaching to the Assyrians. Jonah 3:4
Jonah 1:17 - "¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."
Jonah 4:9 - "And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death."
Jonah 3:1 - "And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,"
Jonah 2:1 - "Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,"
Jonah 4:5-6 Jonah sitting in the desert under a shelter with a plant over the shelter overlooking the city of Nineveh.
Jonah 2:4 Ship fit for the period in which Jonah lived. In daytime, great tempest, big waves, strong winds
Jonah 4:6-7 - "And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered."
Jonah 1:15 - "So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging."
Jonah 4:5 - "So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city."
"Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying," - Jonah 1:1
"Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." - Jonah 1:17
"¶ Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?" - Jonah 4:4
Jonah 4:8 - "And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live."
"Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." - Jonah 1:17
"And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd." - Jonah 4:6
"And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying," - Jonah 3:1
"Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly," - Jonah 2:1
"¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." - Jonah 1:17
Jonah 4:7 - "But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered."